Rail tie and fastener.



PATENTED JUNE 23,, 1908 T. JOHNSON. V RAIL TIE .AND FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29. 1907.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS JOHNSON,

OF TREMPEALEAU, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THOMAS MASON, OFGALESVILLE, WISCONSIN.

RAIL TIE AND FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 23, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Trempealeau, in the-county of Trempealeau and State ofWisconsin, have invented a new and useful Rail Tie -and Fastener, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rail ties and fas teners and its object is toprovide a metallic tie formed of sections designed to be detachablyconnected and which are so shaped as toreceive and engage a portion ofthe ballast or roadbed so that creeping of the tie is elimi nated.

Another object is to combine with the tie simple and efficient means forsecurely fastoning rails thereon, said fastening means being adjustableand disposed in such a manner that the rails upon the tie can be readilyremoved from or placed in position without the necessity of altering theadjustment of the fastening devices.-

A further object is to provide securing bolts for the fastening meanswhich are in sertible through the tie and shiftable into engagementtherewith from the top of the tie and without the necessity of raisingthe tie from the roadbed.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction and combinations of parts which will behereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the preferred form of theinvention.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a view partly in side elevation and partlyin section of a tie and fasteners embodying the present improvements.Fig. 2 is a plan view of one end portion of the tie. Fig. 3 is aninverted plan view of said end portion. Fig. 4 isa section on line 00%,Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an inverted perspective view of one of the outsiderail-fasteners. Fig. 6 is a similar view of one of the insiderail-fasteners. Fig. 7 is a plan view on a reduced scale of the middleportion of the tie and showing the concave side portions.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 and 2 designateoppositely disposed similar longitudinal tie sections each of which ispreferably formed of metal and is provided along one longitudinal edgewith a ange 3 extending throughout the length of the section and havingits outer face flat throughout its extent as indicated at 1 while theinner face is preferably beveled as at 5.

Smaller flanges 6 extend throughout the lengths of the remaining edgesof each sec tion and, with the flange 3, form an elongated recess orsocket 7 extending practically throughout the extent of the lower faceof the tie section. The two flanges 3 of the sections are designed to beplaced with their flat faces together and to be fastened to gether bymeans of bolts 8 extended through the flanges. Each section 1 and 2 isprovided with slots 9 and 10 each of the slots being provided at one endwith an angular enlargement 11 of suflicient size to permit theinsertion therethrough of the head of a bolt 12 used for securing railfasteners in position. The adjoining slots of the two sections are sopositioned as to extend beyond the inner and outer faces respectively ofa rail upon the tie. This is clearly indicated in Figs. 2 and 3.

Formed upon the up er face of each tie section adjacent that s otthereof disposed I beyond the outer face of a fail on the tie'are teeth13 designed to engage corresponding teeth 14 on the lower face of a railfastening device comprising a block 15 provided with an end extension 16for engaging the outer rail flange. This block has a longitudinal slot17 through which bolt 1.2 is designed to project and it'will be obviousthat by tightening the bolt the teeth 13 and 14 will be held inengagement and longitudinal displacement of the fastener will beprevented. Those slots located within the tie sections and between therails are designed to receive bolts which extend through longitudinalslots 18 in fastening devices consisting of blocks 19 having endextensions 20. The faces of these blocks are all smooth and the endextensions 20 thereof are designed to lap the inner base flanges of therails.

Where fish plates are located upon the rails, as indicated at 21 in Fig.1, the fastening devices 15 are provided preferably with integral lugs22 overhung by the flanges 16 and these lugs are desi ned to fit withinthe notches 22 in the fish p ates so as to prevent the arts fromshifting longitudinally. I

W llem it is desired to secure rails in position upon a tie such asdescribed said tie is first positioned upon the roadbed, a portion ofthe ballast extending into the recesses 7 and the flanges 5 and 6projecting sufficient distances into the roadbed to positively preventthe tie from creeping. Before the tie is thus positioned bolt heads maybe inserted downward through the enlarged ends 11 of slots 9 and 10 andthen shifted longitudinally so that the bolts will assume positionswithin the reduced portions of the slots. After the rails have beenplaced u on the tie the fasteners 15 and 19 are p aced upon the upwardlyextending bolts and the outer fasteners 15 are adjusted so as to holdthe rails against outward movement after they have been adjusted to theproper gage. By providing teeth 13 and 14 upon the tie and fasteningdevices respectively accidental displacement of the fastening devices isprevented and they can not be readjusted unless the bolts are loosened.The inner fastening devices 19 receive the bolts extending upward fromthe slots thereunder and are designed to be adjusted upon the bolts soas to lap and bear upon the inner base flanges of the rails. Should itbe desired at any time to remove one of the rails it is merely necessaryto loosen the bolts of the inner fasteners 19 whereupon said fastenerscan be shifted away from the rail and turned out of engagementtherewith. The rail can then be pulled toward the fasteners and fromunder the extensions 16 and conveniently raised from the tie. Should anyof the bolts break or should it be desired to remove one of them for anyreason it is merely necessary to shift the bolt longitudinally of theslot in which it is seated and until the head of the bolt assumes aposition below the enlarged end of the slot whereupon the bolt can beraised from engagement with the tie and a new one substituted byreversing the operation. It will be seen that by providing fastenerssuch as described the outer fasteners need not be disturbed after theyhave once been placed at the proper distances apart, it merely beingnecessary to shift the inner fasteners for the urpose of removing orreplacing a rail. mportance is attached to the fact that the bolts canbe placed within the tie without the necessity of ifting the tie fromthe roadbed.

As'indicated in Fig. 7 the sides of the tie may be concave at thecenters thereof as shown at 23. The ballast will thus become packedwithin these recessed portions and prevent'the tie from creepinglongitudinally.

hat is claimed is:

1. A railway tie comprising oppositely disposed longitudinal sections,each section having a longitudinal downwardly extending flange, saidflange having a flat face and a beveled face, smaller flanges dependingfrom the edges of the sections, and means extending through the firstmentioned flanges for securing the sections together.

2. The combination with a tie having a slot therein provided with anenlar ed portion, and teeth upon the tie; of a rai engaging devicecomprising a toothed block having 'a rail engaging extension, a fishplate engaging lug integral with the. block and overhung by theextension, and means within the slot and engaging the block for holdingsaid block against movement, said means being removable through theenlarged portion of the slot.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS JOHNSON.

